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Overview

Call Number: SC0761

Creator:
Chodorow, Marvin

Title: Marvin Chodorow papers

Dates: 1929-1993

Bulk Dates: 1943-1974

Physical Description:
12 Linear feet

Summary: Collection includes technical reports, articles, class files, memoranda, drafts and text for lectures, proposals and contracts,
notes, correspondence, and minutes. Collection largely pertains to his research in linear accelerators, klystrons, and microwaves;
professional activities; classes he taught at Stanford; and administrative duties at Stanford. There are also some materials
pertaining to his classes as a student in the 1930s.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.

Cite As

Marvin Chodorow Papers (SC0761). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Chodorow received his B.A. in 1934 at the University of Buffalo, and his Ph.D., 1939, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He taught at Pennsylvania State College and College of the City of New York and worked with the Sperry Gyroscope Company (1943-47),
before joining the faculty at Stanford in 1947. He served as Chair of the Department of Applied Physics from 1962-69 and Director
of the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, 1959-78. He held a Fulbright Fellowship at Cambridge University, 1962-63, and was elected
to the National Academy of Engineering, 1967, and the National Academy of Sciences, 1971.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes technical reports, articles, class files, memoranda, drafts and text for lectures, proposals and contracts,
notes, correspondence, and minutes. Collection largely pertains to his research in linear accelerators, klystrons, and microwaves;
professional activities; classes he taught at Stanford; and administrative duties at Stanford. There are also some materials
pertaining to his classes as a student in the 1930s.